panhandler

Example Sentences

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Shortly after moving here, I was approached by a panhandler in the parking garage of the Beverly Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024

“If I wasn’t where I was, you couldn’t be where you was,” the panhandler says.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

Mr. Slaughter, a panhandler, exchanged words with Mr. Valdivia, which fueled the confrontation.

From Washington Times • Dec. 3, 2022

FBI agent Eduardo Valdivia sat in the front of a nearly empty Metro train car at 6:30 a.m., headed to work in Washington when a panhandler approached.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022

The panhandler got as much as the plutocrat.

From The Spirit of 1906 by Brooks, George Washington